(1) INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. ComicBook.com tells how some fans are watching as they celebrate the day: “Star Wars Releases Women of the Galaxy Video for International Women’s Day”. Today is International Women’s Day, and people have been busy celebrating the … Continue reading
Alice Lawson of Glasgow was presented with the Big Heart Award at Dublin 2019. The award recognizes “good work and great spirit long contributed” in the words of past winner John Hertz. Lawson, who has been helping at conventions since … Continue reading
(1) BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARDS. The winners of the 2019 Best Translated Book Awards were announced May 29. I believe neither is genre. (However, Sofia Samatar, past winner of a World Fantasy Award, is among the judges.) Slave Old Man, … Continue reading
(1) STRAHAN’S NEXT PROJECT. The Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog caught everyone’s attention by “Announcing Year’s Best Science Fiction, a New Annual Anthology from Saga Press”: In 2020, Jonathan Strahan and Simon & Schuster’s Saga Press will launch Year’s Best … Continue reading
From AudioFile Magazine, a sampler of new and classic sff audiobooks for fans to listen to this summer. Click on the titles for more information, and on the SoundCloud links to hear the narrators at work. Places in the Darkness … Continue reading
(1) HEARTLESS. The day after the worst of recent mass-shootings in American history I don’t want to click on Nerds of a Feather and find “Non-review: Destiny 2 by Bungie (developer)”, a post that begins: Nameless Midnight is my favorite … Continue reading
(1) AND THEY’RE OFF. Fictional horses, ranked by their chances. Emily Temple handicaps the field in “Who Will Win The Literary Kentucky Derby?” at LitHub. Finishing at the back of the field…. The Skin Horse, of The Velveteen Rabbit, by … Continue reading
(1) IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND THERE LIVED AN ARCHITECT. The structure replacing Ray Bradbury’s torn-down home is nearly finished. LA Observed interviewed architect Thom Mayne and his wife about the design in “What would Ray think? Thom and … Continue reading
(1) BATTLE STATIONS. Reason.tv profiles “Axanar: The $1 Million Star Trek Fan Film CBS Wants to Stop” Fan-created stories, comic books, and art soon evolved into fan-made film and video productions. There was the carpet layer from Michigan who spent … Continue reading
(1) WISCON GOHS. Justine Larbalestier, Sofia Samatar, and Nalo Hopkinson. https://twitter.com/Nalo_Hopkinson/status/736014262599098368 (2) AMERICAN SNARKER. John Z. Upjohn is at WisCon, too. WisSched app has a picture of a rocket ship on it. Time was you could tell what an app … Continue reading